Administratrix of the estate of edward



glei-ien grams sfwi @ffice LOUISAJ. MAXEY, OF- TROY, INDIANA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD G. MAXEY, DEOEASED, AND WILLIAM R. MASON, OF LEWISPORT, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent IVO. 73,542, dated January 21, 1868.

HAY AND COTTON-PRESS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it' known that EDWARD G. MAXEY, lote of Troy, Pci-ry county, Sta-te of Indiana, non' dcceased,`and

WILLIAM R. MASON, of Len'isport, Hancock county, Stute of Kentucky, invented o new and improved Cottoul Press; and we do hereby decl-ure that the following is a. full, clenr, and exact description thereof, 'which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming port of this specification, in Which- V Figure l is a. side eievatien.

Figure 2 is a. longitudinal vertical section.

Figure 3 is a. top View o'r plan.

Figure 4 is a vien' of" the.` bottom.

A Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The nature of the invention consists in constructing o self-packing hey and cotton-press by eonneotingal number of novel devices and arrangements for producing the desired result of compressing the hay or cotton into compact bales with dispatch and convenience, by the application of comparatively trifling poweig'one horse or mule being all that is required to do the work of compressing effectiwely4 The press-frame-A is long, and stands on four or more posts, B B, et the corners, upon which is placed :L boxfrom end to end, as Wide in the clear :is thel'ength required for the bale to be'pressed, and es high inside ns its thickness There'ore two pecking-compartments, one at eachend, C C, which are 'formed by four movable head-blocks ou each end, a a being the inside blocks and b the outside blocks. In the middle of the box is nn`upright spindle or powenshaft, D, which is operated by a. sweep, E, iig. l, placed either Aebove or below the box for working the shaft by mule or horse-power, or it may be moved by any' horse-power gearing. On the shaft D is :i small pinion, c, on the upperside of the pecking-box, which meshes into o. large wheel, d, the spindle of which passes down through the box, ind on the inside carries o.4 cog-wheel, e, figs; 2 und 3, which meshes into another cog-wheehf, of the some size, under both of which wheels e ondfure'equnl-sizcd small pinions, g y', tig. 4, which work into a. double reciprocating rack and compressing-beam, F, und Work it on both sides simulteneously, when the shni'tD revolves either wny, as is intended, by reversing the motion for packing at opposite ends of thc box. Under the packing-box, on thc shaft D, i-s a. lever-arm, i, 'igs. 1 and 4, which operates alternatey on two pitmen z' t" in the manner to be subsequently explained, whichv pitmen both connect with the -outside heed-blocks Zz underneath the box. The rack-beam F is ntteched to the heed-bloclrs a a', and works theui both ways alternately, when the press is in operation.

In the middle of each heling-compartment C. C are slots jjj, fig. 4, which cross the bale for raping or strapping it. The tops of the billing-compartments are double-hinged doors, k c le le', which are opened and shut, as required, in the operation of' packing. Connected with cach outside door 7c", and on both sides of the pncking-box, are self-noting apparatus or brakes, l Z Zvl, for checking the outside head-blocks b, when they are up against the compressed buie, and releasing them when the doors lc lo are opened after the bale is fastened, which apparatus s operated b v the pitnien iz", :is subsequently explained. Attached to the hcadeblocks b b are weights m m .hanging over the c nds of the box by cords running over pulleys n 1t,fig. 2, for drawing back the heod blocks whenrelenscd after the bale is packed and fastened. To operate the machine, the hai-y or cotton is filled at one end in one of the compartments C while the doors are open and the heed-blocks nre separated as for us they can move from each other. -Wheu this work is being done, the hay or cotton in the other compartment is being compressed by the movement of the rock beam F, bearing up theinside houd-block at that end against the material pressed. The outside head-block is also moved up against it by the action of one of the pitmen z' i', which'eotches'by e hook ut its end upon another hook on the end of the erm L attached to the driving-spindle D,thus operating both opposite headd blocks simulteneonsly toward the bale being compressed. When e puckingecompnrtment, C, is being lled, it is done above, with both doors k thrown wide open, und the hay or cotton pressed down n s much as possible to the level of the box. The doors are then closed and fastened down by checks or bars not shown. After the balel has been compressed und the outer head-block has reached its limit of movement, the step or brake 2 catches at the lower end against a. slipping-block', s or s', which rises by the release of a lever, ter t', from the trip u or u', forming the self-noting apparatus above referrcdto in connection with the pitinen. This step ehoclts or holds the head-block fast while the bale is fastened, and when the door 7.2 is opened it is relenserhand theweight m or m draws the head-block back to its place when the packing compartment is to be filled again.

The pitmen z' 2", by which motion is given to the outsidehead-blocks, and the seltacting apparatus above described', are thrown in and out of gear simply by means of a cord. By means ot' this cord, when one of the,

pitmen is' thrown in gear, the other is thrown out, only one of them being worked at e time. 4W'hile one of the packing-compartments C C is being filled througlrthe open door, and packed at oneend, the huy or cotton in the other end is' being compressed. The compressing'of a bale having been done, thehorse reverses his course and runs the rack Fand the inside head-block bach, at the Sametime compressing the material in the compartment last filled. The operations of lling and compressing are repeated and performed alternately and simultaneously. lhe bales are hooped and fastened in the ordinary Way by passing the rope through the slots, the door c k being thrown open, after they are fastened, t'o get at them and take them out. It willfbe noticed, also, that on one side of each packing-compartment are slides or trap-doors p p, which are set flush with the inside of the box when the bale is packed and compressed, and are moved outward by means of levers'r r on the outside, when the bale has been hooped, to relieve the pressure on the ends and let it come out easily, the levers r r being chockcd while the bale is b'eng compressed.

Having fully described the construction and operation of thisselt`acting packing-press, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Lettors'Patent, is-

i 1. We claim the combination of the gearing-wheels c d efgglwith the double reciprocating rack and ':ompressiInrjr-bearn F, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2. lrVe claim the pitmen zia", in combination with the outer head-blocks b b and the doors lc c, and their self-acting apparatus for checking the headblocks, and releasing them when the doors are opened to take the bale out, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

3. We claim the relieving-slides p p', in combination with the packing-compartments C, arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

' LOUISA J. MAXEY,

,Admz'm'stratrx of the Estate of '.E. G. Murray, deceased.

WILLIAM R. MASON.

Witnesses z GEO. SMITH, I. MADDEN. 

